Thomas Hitzlsperger – a career in pictures

The German footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger played 279 matches in a career which featured prominent stints with Aston Villa and Stuttgart. Now, four months after retiring from the game, he has disclosed his sexuality. Here, we look back at his career

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Former Premier League footballer and German international talks to Raphael Honigstein about how he wanted to tell the world he was gay while he was still playing in Germany for Wolfsburg, but was advised against it